Friday, August 17, 2012

Pork Shoulder Leftovers

If you're like me, it is almost impossible to make barbecue in small portions, especially pork shoulder. There are quite a few things you can do with leftover pork shoulder, other than make yet another sandwich. Not that there is anything wrong with yet another sandwich. Piles of succulent smokey goodness piled high on a fluffy white bun and smothered in the sauce of your choice. MMmmmmm.....

Anyway, some other things you can do with pork shoulder leftovers

  • Egg rolls. Especially if you have some leftover cole slaw. Drain the slaw if you need to, stuff the egg roll wrappers with a mix of shredded pork and slaw, wrap up and pan fry in a bit of oil.
  • Pork fried rice. Culinary worlds will be colliding here in one of the tastiest ways imaginable.
  • Put it in scrambled eggs.
  • Top a pizza with it. Personally I kind of hate the 'BBQ Pizza' some places offer that has barbecue sauce for the pizza sauce and has bits of chicken on it. By 'kind of hate' I mean that I think it is vile, gross, disgusting, vomit inducing swill. But put some pork shoulder on the pizza in place of sausage or pepperoni? Hell Yes!!
  • Make a cheese steak with it. Grab a pile of pork, heat it up on a non stick pan smothered with cheddar and pile that on some french bread.
  • Make a hash with potatoes, bell peppers and onions. Throw some pork in it. Plate is optional. I've been known to just grab a spoon and eat it out of the pan.
  • Tacos
Just a few ideas. Almost every culture on the planet uses pork in one way or another (I know some abstain. More for me!) so if you are working on ideas for dinner, and you just happen to have some leftover pork in the fridge, see how you can work it into tonight's dinner. Chances are you will be glad you did.

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